Billy Joel : Piano Man (Legacy Edition)

SON,

CAN YOU PLAY ME A MEMORY

I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW IT GOES

BUT IT'S SAD,

AND IT'S SWEET

AND I KNEW IT COMPLETE

WHEN I WORE

A YOUNGER MAN'S CLOTHES..

 Piano Man 

is the second

 studio album

 by 

American recording

 artist

 Billy Joel 

released on

 November 14, 1973,

 by Columbia Records.

 The album 

emerged from

 legal difficulties

 with Joel's 

former label,

 Family Productions, 

and ultimately 

became his 

breakthrough album.

The title track,

 a fictionalized retelling of 

Joel's experiences

 with people

 he met as a 

lounge singer

 in Los Angeles, 

peaked at No. 25 

on the US 

Billboard Hot 100

 and No. 4 

on the 

Adult Contemporary 

singles chart. 

"Travelin' Prayer"

 and 

"Worse Comes to Worst" 

peaked at No. 77 

and 80 

on the Hot 100, 

respectively, 

while the album itself 

peaked at No. 27 

on the

 US Billboard 200.

 The album was 

certified gold by

 the RIAA in 1975, 

but Joel received only

 $8,000 in royalties

 (US$46,748 in 2024 dollars).

Legacy Edition

Columbia Records

 released

 a two-disc 

legacy version

 of

 Piano Man

 in November 2011.

This edition features 

a somewhat abbreviated

 live 1972 broadcast

 from 

Philadelphia's Philadelphia

 93.3 WMMR FM radio, 

capturing early performances

 by Joel recorded at

 Sigma Sound Studios

 in Philadelphia. 

This particular broadcast

 was instrumental in 

catalyzing Joel's 

musical career. 

Following the recording

 of the show, 

the live rendition of 

"Captain Jack" 

became a staple 

on the station, 

ultimately becoming the

 most requested song

 in WMMR's history. 

The burgeoning popularity

 of this live recording 

attracted the attention of

 Columbia Records executives, 

who subsequently offered 

Joel a recording contract. 

Additionally,

 the broadcast included

 three tracks 

"Long, Long Time," 

"Josephine," 

and

 "Rosalinda" 

which were

 not featured

 on any of

 Joel's 

studio albums

BONUS DISC

(Legacy Edition)

Live at

 Sigma Sound Studios, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

 April 15, 1972

TRACKLIST

1. "Introduction by Ed Sciaky" 
2. "Falling of the Rain" 
3. "Intro to Travelin' Prayer" 
4. "Travelin' Prayer" 
5. "Intro to Billy the Kid" 
6. "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" 
7. "Intro to She's Got a Way" 
8. "She's Got a Way" 
9. "Intro to Everybody Loves You Now" 
10. "Everybody Loves You Now" 
11. "Intro to Nocturne" 
12. "Nocturne" 
13. "Station ID and Intro to Turn Around" 
14. "Turn Around" 
15. "Intro to Long, Long Time" 
16. "Long, Long Time" 
17. "Intro to Captain Jack" 
18. "Captain Jack" 
19. "Intro to Josephine" 
20. "Josephine" 
21. "Intro to Rosalinda" 
22. "Rosalinda" 
23. "Tomorrow Is Today" 

BONUS TRACKS

Piano Man

(Just Vocals)

If I Had The Words To Tell You

(Just Vocals)

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